Re: [Nolug] Backups

> I finally have a decent system at home and I installed RH9 (I don't have
> an internet connection right now to download a diff distro). I connected
> my DLT drive and it's connected at /dev/tape --> /dev/st0. My tape drive
> is working and I believe that it is doing a backup when I 'tar -czxf
> /dev/tape /' however I'm not sure how to verify the data on the tape.
> (It's making sound so it's writing correctly right!?) What are some
> normal methods of doing a backup of the system like this?

$>tar -tvf /dev/st0 > file

Then you can look at the file and make sure that it's backing up what you
want.

Since-beer-leekz,
Mikey
Unix Mercenary-We're not happy until you're not happy

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